DARK HUMAN

Chapter Twenty-Three

As Amelia pulls into the work, Luna sits in the car, and looks at the people walking in. With Amelia getting out of the car, she then turns around, and looks at Luna through the front windshield, and raises her hands in the air, and says, "Luna! Are you coming?"

"Yeah! I'm coming!" she says, as she fixes her hair in the passenger side mirror, and then gets out of the car. With them walking into work, Luna looks at the people, and smiles, and see's Ivory sitting at the corner table talking to someone. As she walks behind the counter, she puts on her apron, and Ivory gets up from the table, and walks to the counter, and sits down, and says, "Hey Luna."

"Hey Ivory! What's up? What are you doing here?"

"I just stopped in for a drink," Ivory says, as she taps her hands on the counter.

"Well then! What's your interest?"

"The usual," Ivory says.

As she pours her a drink, and hands it to her, Luna stares into the crowd, and people begin to sneeze and cough in twos. Watching them with curiosity, Luna says, "You see that?"

"See what?" Ivory asks, as she looks around.

"People are sneezing and coughing in twos. You didn't just see or hear that?" Luna says.

"Luna, people sneeze and cough in two's all the time. I don't see anything different," Ivory says, as she takes a sip off her drink.

"Not like this. This is different. Oh nevermind! It doesn't matter," Luna says, as she wipes the counter down with the bar rag.

"What are you ladies talking about?" Amelia asks, as she walks up to them.

"We're just talking about people sneezing and coughing in two's," Luna says, as she puts the rag on the back counter.

"Are you talking about that again, Luna?" Amelia sarcastically says.

"Yes, I am! I'm telling yeah! I keep seeing weird shit. People don't sneeze and cough in twos like that. Nevermind! You wouldn't understand! Forget I even brought it up. I'll be right back. I'm going out to the car, and get our supplies," Luna says, as she walks out from the counter, and towards the back door.

"Alright," Amelia says.

"Is that the jackal that you were talking about?" Ivory yells to Luna, as she points to it on the wall.

"Yeah! Tell me about it. You should have seen it up close and personal," Luna yells, as she opens the back door.

As she walks outside, she goes up to the car, and grabs the supplies out of the back seat, while Kyle pulls into the parking lot. With him getting out of the vehicle, he walks up to her, and asks, "Hey! How's it going?"

"It's going! I'm grabbing our supplies. What are you doing here?" Luna asks.

"I just stopped by to say hi. I was also wondering when your shift ended?" he asks, as his phone begins to vibrate in his pocket.

Looking at his phone vibrating through his front pocket, she says with skepticism, "I'll be home in a few hours. Your phone's vibrating. Are you going to answer it?"

"Nah! I'll call whoever it is back. I'm sure it's just Tim."

As she holds the supplies in her arms, she then says, "Okay! I have to go back in. This is getting heavy. If that's Tim tell him, I said hi."

"Okay! I'll see you later," Kyle says, as he walks away, and gets back in the vehicle.

Watching him drive away, she senses Geo's energy. Grabbing her phone from her back pocket, she opens his media page and looks at a new picture of her being photoshopped. With her shaking her head, she then closes the media, and walks back inside, and behind the counter. Placing the box of supplies on the floor, Geo appears in her psychic space, while she says to Amelia, "Did I miss anything?"

"Nah! Nothing too interesting," Amelia says.

"Okay! Kyle just stopped by," she says, as she dries off a glass.

"What did he want?"

"The usual," Luna says, as she tries to ignore the vision, while sweat pours down the middle of her forehead. As she wipes the sweat off, she looks at Amelia and Ivory, and says to them, "What the f#ck!"

"What! What is it?" Amelia asks, as she puts her left palm on the counter, and her other hand on her hip.

"I just broke out in a crazy sweat. Geo just took a photoshop picture of me, and posted it on the media," Luna says, as she bends down to picks up a piece of paper, while the sweat runs down her face.

"Oh, for f*ck sakes! Why would he do that?" Amelia asks, as she turns up the music.

"Who knows why?! I'm pretty sure he did it to read me!" Luna says, as she watches him dissipate.

"Why would he do that?"

"Beats me!" Luna says, as she pulls out her phone, and opens his media. With her scrolling through his page, she then looks at Amelia, and then over to ivory, and then says, "He took the picture down!"

"What did you expect?" Amelia yells over the music, as she picks up a couple of empty plates from the counter. Putting them on the galley, she then says, "Told yeah! He's playing games."

With the shift going smoothly for the remaining of the time, Luna keeps to herself, and replays in her head what Geo just did. Sensing that he wanted to know what she was doing, she can't help, but keep looking at the jackal while she works. And as she stares at the doll every so often that's nailed to the wall, she gets a sense that it's alive. And as she senses something pulling her towards the jackal, Amelia walks up to her, and snaps her fingers in her face, and says, "Luna! Why are you staring at the jackal like that? It's time for us to go home."

"Yeah! I'm ready. And I don't know why I'm staring at the jackal like that. I get this strange feeling that I'm being drawn towards it. It reminds me of Geo," Luna says, as she takes off her apron, and places it under the counter.

"Okay! I'll meet you in the car," Amelia says, as she clocks out, and puts her apron under the counter, and then walks out of the tavern.

"Alright! I'll be out in a minute," Luna yells to Amelia.

As she takes another quick look at the jackal, and with it reminding her of last night, Geo's energy hits her chakras once again. Instantly, her energy level is raised, and she senses to look at his media once again. Deciding not to look, she walks out of the tavern, and gets in the car, and looks over at Amelia, and says, "What? What is it?"

"Nothing! It's nothing!" Amelia says, as she shrugs her shoulders.

"Mmmhhh," Luna says, as Amelia pulls out of the parking lot.

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Jamie Sweet

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